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List of years in video gaming
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The year 2017 will see releases of numerous video games, including new installments for several well-received franchises, including Crackdown, Dawn of War, Halo Wars, Injustice, Mass Effect, Nier, Planescape: Torment, Prey, Resident Evil, Saints Row, Sniper Elite, Shenmue, Sonic the Hedgehog, Star Wars Battlefront, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, The Bard's Tale and The Legend of Zelda.

Events

Month Day(s) Event
June 13–15 E3 2017 to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Game releases

The list of games released, or due for release, in 2017 in North America.

Video game platforms
3DS Nintendo 3DS
Droid Android
iOS iOS, iPadOS
Lin Linux
Mac Mac
PS3 PlayStation 3
PS4 PlayStation 4
PSVita PlayStation Vita
WiiU Wii U
Win Windows
X360 Xbox 360
XBO Xbox One

January-March

Month Day Title Platform(s) Source(s)
J
A
N
U
A
R
Y 		24 Resident Evil 7 Win, PS4, XBO [1]
Yakuza 0[B] PS4 [2]
27 Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Win, PS4, XBO [3]
F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y 		14 For Honor Win, PS4, XBO [4]
Persona 5[B] PS4 [5]
Sniper Elite 4 Win, PS4, XBO [6]
21 Halo Wars 2 Win, XBO [7]
28 Horizon Zero Dawn PS4 [8]
M
A
R
C
H
7 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Win, PS4, XBO [9]

April–June

Month Day Title Platform(s) Source(s)
M
A
Y 		TBA Battalion 1944 Win, PS4, XBO [10]

October–December

Month Day Title Platform(s) Source(s)
O
C
T
O
B
E
R
 		TBA The Bard's Tale IV Win, Mac, Lin [11]
D
E
C
E
M
B
E
R 		TBA Shenmue III Win, PS4 [12]
System Shock Win, XBO [13]

Unscheduled releases

Below is a list of games which have been announced to be released in 2016 in North America, but have no exact release date or month yet.

Title Approximate Date[Note 1] Platforms Genre Sources
Agents of Mayhem Win, PS4, XBO Action [14]
BattleTech Q1/Q2 Win, Mac, Lin Turn-based strategy [15]
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night March Win, PS4, XBO, WiiU Metroidvania [16]
Call of Cthulhu Win, PS4, XBO Survival horror, role-playing [17]
Crash Bandicoot - Remasterd Collection PS4 Action-adventure [18]
Crackdown 3 Win, XBO Action-adventure [19]
Ever Oasis 3DS Role-playing [20]
Expeditions: Vikings Q1 Win Tactical role-playing [21]
Freedom Planet 2 Q2/Q3 TBA Platform, action [22]
Hand of Fate 2 Win, Mac, Lin Action role-playing [23]
Indivisible TBA Action role-playing [24]
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age PS4 Role-playing [25]
Injustice 2 PS4, XBO Fighting [26]
Insurgency: Sandstorm Win, PS4, XBO First-person shooter [27]
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Win, OS X, Linux, PS4, XBO Role-playing video game [28]
Lady Layton[A] Q1 3DS, iOS, Droid Puzzle [29]
Lords of the Fallen 2 TBA Action role-playing [30]
Mass Effect: Andromeda Q1 Win, PS4, XBO Action role-playing, third-person shooter [31]
Nier Automata PS4 Action role-playing [32]
Oddworld: Soulstorm Q3/Q4 TBA Platform [33]
Overkill's The Walking Dead Q3/Q4 Win, PS4, XBO Shooter, Survival horror [34]
Oxygen Not Included Win Simulation [35]
Phantom Dust Win, XBO Action, strategy [36]
Pillars of the Earth Win, Mac, PS4, XBO, iOS Adventure [37]
Prey Win, PS4, XBO TBA [38]
Project Sonic Win, PS4, XBO, NX Platform [39]
Pyre Win, PS4 Role-playing [40]
Saddies: Attack!! PSVita Arcade [41]
Scalebound Win, XBO Action role-playing [42]
Sea of Thieves Q1 Win, XBO Adventure [43]
State of Decay 2 Win, XBO Survival horror [44]
Strafe Q1 Win, Mac First-person shooter [45]
Tacoma Q1/Q2 Win, XBO Adventure [46]
Tekken 7[B] Q1 Win, PS4, XBO Fighting [47]
The Church in the Darkness Q1 Win, Mac, PS4, XBO Action-adventure [48]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild WiiU, NX Action-adventure [49]
Them's Fightin' Herds Win, Mac, Lin Fighting [50]
Torment: Tides of Numenera Q1 Win, Mac, Lin Role-playing [51]
Untitled Hazelight video game TBA TBA [52]
Untitled Marvel-themed Telltale Games video game Consoles, PC TBA [53]
Untitled Destiny sequel TBA First-person shooter [54]
Untitled Need for Speed video game TBA Racing [55]
Sonic Mania Win, PS4, XBO Platform [39]
Untitled Star Wars Battlefront sequel TBA Action, shooter [56]
Vampyr Win, PS4, XBO Role-playing [57]
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Win Real-time strategy [58]
Xenonauts 2 Win Turn-based strategy [59]
Yooka-Laylee Q1 Win, Mac, PS4, XBO, WiiU Platform [60]
  1. ^ The calendar year can be divided into 4 quarters, often abbreviated Q1 (January to March), Q2 (April to June), Q3 (July to September) and Q4 (October to December).

See also

References

Notes

  • A The release date is slated for Japan only.
  • B A western or worldwide release of previously regional exclusive games.
  • C These games were targeted to be released in fiscal year 2018, which begins on April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Durnbush, Jonathon (June 13, 2016). "E3 2016: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Announced". IGN. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ Romano, Sal (July 27, 2016). "Yakuza 0 launches January 24 in the west". Gematsu. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Purchese, Robert (June 13, 2016). "Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 release date moved to 2017". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ Silva, Marty (June 13, 2016). "For Honor Release Date Revealed". IGN. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  5. ^ Futter, Mike (June 7, 2016). "Persona 5 Breaks Hearts In Move To Valentine's Day 2017". Game Informer. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  6. ^ Paget, Mat (June 13, 2016). "Sniper Elite 4 Delayed to 2017, See New Brutal Screenshots Here". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  7. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (June 13, 2016). "Halo Wars 2 release date set for February". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  8. ^ Sarker, Samit (June 6, 2016). "Horizon Zero Dawn delayed to February 2017". Polygon. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  9. ^ Chalk, Andy (June 14, 2016). "Ghost Recon Wildlands is coming in March 2017". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  10. ^ Copeland, Wesley (February 2, 2016). "Battalion 1944 Wants To Be The World War 2 Shooter". IGN. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  11. ^ Purchese, Robert (June 15, 2015). "Get Bard's Tale 1-3 free for backing Bard's Tale 4". Eurogamer. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  12. ^ Pereira, Chris (June 15, 2015). "Shenmue 3 Revived at Long Last at E3 2015". GameSpot. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  13. ^ Robertson, Adi (June 28, 2016). "The System Shock reboot just went live on Kickstarter". The Verge. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  14. ^ Ingenito, Vince (June 6, 2016). "E3 2016: Saints Row Developer Announces Agent of Mayham - IGN First". IGN. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  15. ^ Futter, Mike (September 28, 2015). "Returning To Battletech 31 Years Later". Game Informer. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  16. ^ Otero, Jose (May 11, 2015). "Former Castlevania Producer Announces Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night". IGN. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  17. ^ Jarvis, Matthew (February 26, 2016). "Cyanide takes over Call of Cthulhu development from Frogwares". Develop. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  18. ^ "Crash Bandicoot returns to PlayStation 4 as release date revealed for Activision remasters". Daily Star. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  19. ^ Hicks, Jon (June 13, 2016). "Crackdown 3 delayed until 2017". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  20. ^ Theriault, Donald (June 15, 2016). "New 3DS Action RPG Announced: Ever Oasis". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  21. ^ Chalk, Andy (May 23, 2015). "Expeditions: Vikings, the sequel to Conquistadors, is in development". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  22. ^ Sykes, Tom (December 28, 2015). "Freedom Planet 2 announced". PC Gamer. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  23. ^ Matulef, Jeffery (April 5, 2016). "Hand of Fate 2 announced for PC, Mac and Linux". Eurogamer. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  24. ^ Nunneley, Stephany (July 3, 2015). "Skullgirls studio announces its new action-RPG Indivisible". VG 247. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  25. ^ Robinson, Martin (June 6, 2016). "The best Final Fantasy game is finally getting a remaster". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  26. ^ Alexander, Julia (June 8, 2016). "Watch the first trailer for Injustice 2". Polygon. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  27. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (February 23, 2016). "Insurgency: Sandstorm announced for PC and consoles". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  28. ^ "Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Kickstarter Update #8". January 30, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  29. ^ Minotti, Mike (July 27, 2016). "Lady Layton takes her dad's spotlight is the next entry in the puzzle series". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  30. ^ Purchese, Robert (May 29, 2015). "Lords of the Fallen 2 to launch in 2017". Eurogamer. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  31. ^ Blain, Louise (March 2, 2016). "Mass Effect Andromeda is delayed to early 2017". GamesRadar. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  32. ^ Scammell, David (June 14, 2016). "NieR Automata delayed to 2017". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  33. ^ Skrebels, Joe (March 14, 2016). "Abe's Exoddus Remake Oddword Soulstorm Revealed". IGN. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  34. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (April 30, 2015). "Overkill's The Walking Dead confirmed for PS4, Xbox One and PC in 2016". Eurogamer. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  35. ^ Welsh, Oli (June 13, 2016). "The amazing Klei's next game is Oxygen Not Included". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  36. ^ Te, Zorine (June 13, 2016). "Xbox One and PC-Exclusive Phantom Dust Isn't Dead, Gets 2017 Release Window". GameSpot. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  37. ^ James Orry (November 27, 2014). "Pillars of the Earth to be made into adventure game for 2017 release". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  38. ^ Crecente, Brian (June 12, 2016). "Prey 2 is back and very, very different". Polygon. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  39. ^ a b Paget, Mat (July 22, 2016). "Two New Sonic Games Announced, Seek to Recapture the Glory Days". GameSpot. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  40. ^ Storm, Steven (April 19, 2016). "PAX East 2016: Supergiant Games Announces Pyre For PS4". IGN. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  41. ^ "Saddies: Attack!!". Metacritic. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  42. ^ "An Update from the Scalebound Team". PlatinumGames. January 4, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  43. ^ Purchese, Robert (June 16, 2016). "Rare's pirate game Sea of Thieves gets release window". Eurogamer. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  44. ^ Hillier, Brenna (June 13, 2016). "State of Decay 2 coming to Windows 10, Xbox One in 2017 – first trailer". VG 247. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  45. ^ Morrison, Angus (February 3, 2016). "Strafe coming early 2017, in-game footage appears". PC Gamer. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  46. ^ Dalzell, Jamie (March 15, 2016). "Tacoma's release date pushed out to 2017". VG 247. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  47. ^ Te, Zorine (June 14, 2016). "Tekken 7 Announced for Xbox One and PC in Early 2017". GameSpot. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  48. ^ Productions, Paranoid. "The Church in the Darkness". Paranoid Productions. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  49. ^ Byford, Sam (April 27, 2016). "The Legend of Zelda for Wii U is delayed to 2017 and coming to NX too". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  50. ^ Kamen, Matt. "'My Little Pony' creator designs fan-made spin-off fighting game". Wired. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  51. ^ Prescott, Shaun (June 10, 2016). "Torment: Tides of Numenera release pushed back to 2017". PC Gamer. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  52. ^ "Lost in Limbo 2016 Edition: Where Are These Hyped Games?". GameSpot. January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
  53. ^ Mitch Dyer (April 24, 2015). "Telltale Games and Marvel Partner for Console Game in 2017". IGN. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  54. ^ Futter, Mike (February 12, 2016). "'Large New' Destiny Expansion In 2016, Full Sequel In 2017". Game Informer. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  55. ^ Chalk, Andy (May 11, 2016). "The next Need for Speed won't be out until next year". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  56. ^ Sarker, Samit (May 10, 2016). "Star Wars Battlefront sequel coming in 2017". Polygon. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  57. ^ Makuch, Eddie (December 2, 2015). "This New World War 1 Vampire Game Explores a "Dark and Brutal" World". GameSpot. Retrieved December 2, 2015. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  58. ^ Skrebels, Joe (May 3, 2016). "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 Announced". IGN. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  59. ^ Bratt, Chris (February 4, 2016). "Xenonauts 2 confirmed and "hopefully" out in 2017". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  60. ^ Orray, James (June 6, 2016). "Yooka-Laylee delayed to 2017". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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